today, she gifted me julia child'smastering the art of french cooking.

not only have i been itchin' to see this movie, with just about anyone who will accompany me, but i genuinely want to master proper french cuisine. my friends tease me that my "spirit eater" is an old french lady. i'll agree to that.

and how darling are these illustrations? cook book illustrations are awfully adorable.

i think i read cook books half for their diagrams, index of terms, definitions and drawings. i like the learning process more than the end result... well, maybe not with food...eating the finished product is pretty rewarding.

this fleur de lis pattern would make a yummy wallpaper, non? fleur de lis' remind me of my sweet corrie pellerin. my new orleans baby.

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I have this very same book! I squealed with delight when I came across it in the bookstore. I just know the shop keeper was looking at me like I had lost my mind. I haven't made anything from the book yet but I'm dying to dive right into the dessert section, I just need to find the time!

I've been on a hunt for an old copy of this book for ages! DK saw one in a junk store once, but before it registered, someone else saw it and snatched it right up... Anyway, your copy looks dreamy, and how sweet of your mother to send it to you!

FYI, I would totally see J&J with you. They're even playing it at the theater by the park.

i found another one of her books, Julia Child & Company, on the street. a lot of the dishes seemed so out of date. but i just read her biography "My Life in France" (highly recommended btw!!) and i think this will give me new perspective and inspiration next time i pick up her cookbook.

The movie was adorable. I generally don't like Streep, but mygoodness, she played an excellent Julia Child! Lucky you on receiving an original MTAoFC! It's my current hunt... If you love diagrams and drawings and tools and glossaries, buy The Silver Spoon - it's like a Joy of Cooking for Italian cuisine and it's speckled with so much information and little drawings with wiggly, nervous lines, it will make you squeal :)

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